TotalEnergies Announces Plans To End Routine gas flaring by end of 2023

TotalEnergies has disclosed that it will stop routine gas flaring by the end of the year.

Victor Bandele, deputy managing director of deepwater operations at TotalEnergies Exploration and Production (E&P) Nigeria, spoke on Tuesday during a panel session at the ongoing Nigeria international energy summit (NIES) in Abuja.

He said the company’s decision to end gas flaring this year started in the past 15 years.

“The effort did not start today; we can announce this today,” Bandele said.

He added that the decision was made on purpose to provide safer, cleaner, and more affordable energy for the energy transition.

The deputy managing director noted that about 95 percent of the company’s gas production was currently being utilised, as he expressed the firm’s commitments in ensuring fully integrated, sustainable, and readily available energy in the oil and gas industry to actualise the country’s transition plans.

According Bandele, TotalEnergies has made significant success in educating stakeholders about domestic gas and is constantly expanding its gas portfolio in terms of export.